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The Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt last month was brought down by a homemade bomb placed on board in a "terrorist" act, the head of Russia's FSB security service told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. "According to our experts, a homemade explosive device equivalent to 1 kilogram of TNT went off on board, which caused the plane to break up in the air, which explains why the fuselage was scattered over such a large territory," Alexander Bortnikov said. "I can certainly say that this was a terrorist act." All 224 people on board, most of them Russian tourists, were killed in the Oct. 31 crash.

Putin vowed to hunt down those responsible for the attack. "There's no statute of limitations for this, we need to know all of their names," he said. "We're going to look for them everywhere wherever they are hiding. We will find them in any place on Earth and punish them." ISIS has claimed responsibility for bringing the Russian plane down in written statements, as well as in video and audio messages posted on the Internet following the crash. It said the attack was retaliation for Russia's air campaign against ISIS—and other groups—in Syria. The group warned Putin that they would also target him "at home" but did not offer any details to back its claim.

I'm surprised Russia declared that on the media to be the cause, instead of the usual lying through their teeth in the face of a mountain of evidence MO.

Ezekiel 25:17

Nov 17, 2015 11:29 AM CST

ISIS doesn't have anything to lose. They are already condemned to hell from the start. They have everything to gain. Its kind of like the enemies on movies such as the Ring series. Those demented demons who were like walking skeletons didn't care about things such as honor and such. ISIS is like those marching skeletons, they are already prejudge for hell. The problem is we all let them grow too large. We need to form a 100,000,000 strong army and wipe the earth of their entire DNA. Yes, this is a precursor to Armageddon but we can't stop that either.

John Q. Username

Nov 17, 2015 10:06 AM CST

Fox News, leader of the mainstream media, just reported that President Obama may have placed an explosive device on the plane personally and was later seen flashing gang signs in celebration.